(WOWT) - An awkward moment during Sen. Deb Fischer’s swearing in ceremony last week has gone viral. The video shows her husband, Bruce, hesitate when he walks up to Vice President Harris, who says to him: “I don’t bite.”

Deb Fischer shook Harris’ hand after completing her oath and thanked the vice president. When Harris expressed congratulations to the senator’s husband, he offered a short “thank you” and then dropped his newly freed left hand and put it in his pants pocket, prompting a raised-eyebrows reaction from Harris.

The husband of Senator Deb Fischer, Republican of Nebraska, drew criticism online when he failed to accept a handshake offered by Vice President Kamala D. Harris at his wife’s ceremonial swearing-in.